Day 2 Of Choosing To Buy Crypto Instead Of Cigarettes! Who Wants To Join In On The Fun!?

Let me just start with a HUGE thank you to everyone who commented on my post yesterday. The response was just PHENOMENAL. I was so blown away by all the positive encouragement and the stories. Everybody was so kind and supportive. I’ve never seen anything like it. I was moved. I feel bad that I wasn’t able to get to everyone. I spent hours last night and this morning trying to respond to every comment that came in but it was just impossible to keep up with. Almost every single one of them was a genuine word of encouragement and I appreciate them all. And to everyone who decided to join me, it feels good not to have to do this alone. Everybody rooting for each other, it’s a beautiful thing.

So, how did today go? Not too bad. I had a pack left still and I spent most of the day trying to stay busy and keep my mind off of it. I work from home and tend to smoke while I work at the computer, so I kept the pack in the other room instead of on my desk. That made a difference. I kept a pen in my left hand between my fingers to kinda simulate that cig burning away absently. That actually REALLY made a big difference. When I left for lunch with my buddy I left the pack behind, which was a big deal for me. Having that pack in my pocket is like a comfort. So it felt really awkward for a while. But it wasn’t too bad in retrospect. Good conversation, good food, a couple games of pool, and no cig. Still have half a pack left, so that’s like a 75% reduction in my usual daily intake. I’ll count that as a win.

So I’m sticking with my daily buy in of $6.27. Bought some btc yesterday (0.00019109). Bought btc again today (0.0001942). Just using cashapp for now, for the sake of simplicity, and the fees are dirt cheap. Gonna keep doing it that way for a while. Let things build up a bit. Keeping it in its own wallet, separate from everything else. It’s not much yet, but it’ll keep growing.

Overall today was pretty productive. Tomorrow’s gonna suck when I finally run out and I’m really faced with the choice of buying Crypto or buying cigs. My plan is to put as much time as possible between waking up and having that first smoke. If I can go the whole day that would be fantastic. And I’d really like to accomplish that.

How did everybody else do? Who all is going cold turkey? Who’s trying to do it incrementally? How’d it go for you? What did you buy? Are you doing it daily?